{"title":"2026","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"lyrical-ballads","title":"Lyrical Ballads","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mebooks.co.nz\/fiction\/poetry\/lyrical-ballads-ebook\" title=\"Lyrical Ballads ebook\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: right;\" height=\"53\" width=\"182\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/MeBooks_for_product_page_on_web.png?v=1751688470\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBill Manhire has always subscribed to Paul Valéry’s definition of poetry as ‘a prolonged hesitation between sound and sense’. In that spirit, many of the poems in this new, dazzling collection blend story and song, and do so using everyday words and phrases that – suddenly, on the page – become new and delightfully weird.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLyrical Ballads\u003c\/em\u003e is a many-peopled collection: the baffled inhabitants of Every Street and Intermediate Street are here, while Dracula, T.S. Eliot and Bobby Outram from Outram have walk-on parts. The collection is anchored by two long sequences that embrace awkwardness, mystery and absurdity: ‘The Tobacco Tin’, a kind of folk story riding along on its own lacunae, and ‘Tell You What’, a set of curmudgeonly opinions that evoke the prejudices of a fast-vanishing world. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs they notice the small collisions between wonder and everyday reality, and the trajectories of those who don’t fit easily in this world, these poems close in on the darker certainties of our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A great poet at his best. Saturated in mortality, capturing the absurdity of the small and the big. Funny, sad and sometimes overwhelming.' — Susanna Andrew\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBill Manhire\u003c\/strong\u003e’s previous books include \u003cem\u003eWow\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), \u003cem\u003eSome Things to Place in a Coffin\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), \u003cem\u003eTell Me My Name\u003c\/em\u003e (with Hannah Griffin and Norman Meehan, 2017) and \u003cem\u003eThe Stories of Bill Manhire\u003c\/em\u003e (2015). He has won the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry five times, and was New Zealand’s inaugural poet laureate. He founded and directed the International Institute of Modern Letters at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. He has edited major anthologies of New Zealand literature, including, with Marion McLeod, the now classic \u003cem\u003eSome Other Country: New Zealand’s Best Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e (1984). In 2018 Bill was awarded an Icon Award Whakamana Hiranga from the Arts Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover: Todd Atticus\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51171671408951,"sku":"9781776923021","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/9781776923021.jpg?v=1759718763"},{"product_id":"party-boy","title":"Party Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Party Boy ebook\" href=\"https:\/\/mebooks.co.nz\/fiction\/novels-contemporary\/party-boy-ebook\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: right;\" height=\"49\" width=\"169\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/MeBooks_for_product_page_on_web.png?v=1751688470\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eMarco is stressed. On one hand, he’s a cook in a progressive city bar, a married father of three, doing all he can to raise his boys right. On the other (slightly burnt) hand, his life is chaos. Every day seems full of cruel and unusual obstacles, from temperamental arancini to a car breakdown at the worst possible time. Painkillers and booze can only do so much to protect him from the fallout of his adolescence – the bullying, the fear, the things that were done to him and the things he did.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eNow his fiftieth birthday is approaching, and all the ghosts of his life are invited to the party. It feels like his last chance, though he isn’t sure for what.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e‘A novel I’ve been hoping for! \u003cem\u003eParty Boy\u003c\/em\u003e is a shock of a book about damaged males, about being a father, a husband, a son, an idiot, someone trying to make amends. Somehow it manages to be both pulse-rattling and poetic, and from its daring mix of comedy and terror, what arrives is finally a deeply affecting portrait of a man on the edge.’ —Damien Wilkins, author of \u003cem\u003eDelirious\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBreton Dukes\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of three acclaimed short story collections: \u003cem\u003eWhat Sort of Man \u003c\/em\u003e(2020),\u003cem\u003e Empty Bones\u003c\/em\u003e (2014) and \u003cem\u003eBird North\u003c\/em\u003e (2011). He has worked in hospitals, language schools, gymnasiums, bars, kitchens, factories and government call centres, and has received the Creative New Zealand Louis Johnson New Writer’s Bursary. He lives with his wife and three children in Dunedin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eCover: Dudley Benson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51171688251703,"sku":"9781776923038","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/9781776923038.jpg?v=1759719651"},{"product_id":"what-to-wear","title":"What to Wear","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"What to Wear ebook\" href=\"https:\/\/mebooks.co.nz\/fiction\/poetry\/what-to-wear-ebook\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: right;\" height=\"53\" width=\"182\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/MeBooks_for_product_page_on_web.png?v=1751688470\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003cem\u003eWhat to Wear \u003c\/em\u003eobserve that life means doing ordinary and marvellous things, like going to Bunnings, falling asleep on the train, losing and finding poems, losing and dreaming of our mothers, loving, dying, and deciding what to wear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Mischievously joyful, like being in on the very best in-joke. Jenny Bornholdt reveals the strange magic of the everyday. Some of these poems move like a heat-seeking missile set to the heart.’ —Louise Wallace, author of \u003cem\u003eAsh\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThis Is a Story About Your Mother\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Bornholdt has never been so spare, so stark and wise.’ —Jake Arthur, author of \u003cem\u003eTarot\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Lack of Good Sons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJenny Bornholdt \u003c\/strong\u003ehas published over a dozen books of poems, including \u003cem\u003eLost and Somewhere Else\u003c\/em\u003e (2019), \u003cem\u003eSelected Poems \u003c\/em\u003e(2016) and \u003cem\u003eThe Rocky Shore \u003c\/em\u003e(winner of the Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry, 2009). She has edited a number of anthologies, including \u003cem\u003eShort Poems of New Zealand\u003c\/em\u003e (2018), and has worked on numerous book and art projects with artists including Annemarie Hope-Cross, Pip Culbert, Mary McFarlane, Noel McKenna, Mari Mahr, Brendan O’Brien and Gregory O’Brien. In 2018 she was the co-recipient, with Gregory O’Brien, of the Henderson Arts Trust Residency and spent 12 months in Alexandra, Central Otago. She was New Zealand’s poet laureate in 2005–2007, and in the 2014 New Year Honours she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services as a poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover photography: Deborah Smith\u003cbr\u003eCover design: Dexter Murray\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51171691987255,"sku":"9781776923069","price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/9781776923069WhattoWear.jpg?v=1760414556"},{"product_id":"leather-chains-my-1986-diary","title":"Leather \u0026 Chains: My 1986 Diary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Leather and Chains ebook\" href=\"https:\/\/mebooks.co.nz\/biography\/leather-and-chains-my-1986-diary-ebook\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: right;\" height=\"42\" width=\"144\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/MeBooks_for_product_page_on_web.png?v=1751688470\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI never kept a diary, except for one year of my life. The year I turned fourteen. The year my parents divorced. The year I had sex for the first time. The year I learned to use the microfiche. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eIn this unique follow-up to her memoir \u003cem\u003eYou Probably Think This Song Is About You\u003c\/em\u003e, Kate Camp turns her poet’s eye on her 1986 diary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eReading The Diary in its entirety for the first time, she revels in 80s touchstones like Revlon Custom Eyes and \u003cem\u003eGhostbusters\u003c\/em\u003e on VHS. But amid the daily details, like smoking menthols in Suzy’s Coffee Lounge and wearing Jazzercise tights in a phone box, are moments of drama, even tragedy – being black-out drunk in a spa pool, or watching her father move out of the family home. At the centre of it all is Cameron, his black hair falling over his eyes, intoning in his fake Scottish accent, ‘Treat me rough, baby.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThese entries – over 100 reproduced in full – are a time capsule of a very different era. The Kate Camp of today responds to the blithe accounts of sex, drugs and risk-taking with horror and admiration. How real are our memories? Can we ever know ourselves? And why is every entry signed off \u003cem\u003eLeather \u0026amp; Chains\u003c\/em\u003e? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e'Kate Camp reads the words of grownupchild Kate of 1986 – achingly funny, arch and louche, often shocking, always clever. And all of it threaded through with such pain and sadness and unsettling darkness, such yearning to be loved. I thought I knew The Diary so well, after all these years listening and watching from the wings. But reading The Diary myself, as she does in this remarkable project, is richer, funnier and, yes, sadder than experiencing it live in eight-minute snippets. I’ve often wondered about Kate Camp: how did she get to be so fearless, so peerless, so bold? The answer is in these pages.’ —Tracy Farr, author of \u003cem\u003eWonderland\u003c\/em\u003e and convenor of the Bad Diaries Salon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e‘An irresistible blend of darkness and light.’—Catherine Chidgey, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Guilt\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e‘IF YOU EVER GET TO SEE KATE CAMP READ FROM HER 14YO DIARY DO IT FUCKING DO IT.’ —Melody Thomas, host of \u003cem\u003eThe Good Sex Project\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKate Camp \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of the memoir \u003cem\u003eYou Probably Think This Song Is About You \u003c\/em\u003e(2022) and eight acclaimed collections of poems, including \u003cem\u003eThe Mirror of Simple Annihilated Souls \u003c\/em\u003e(winner of the NZ Post Book Award for Poetry in 2011), \u003cem\u003eHow to Be Happy Though Human: New and Selected Poems \u003c\/em\u003e(2020), and \u003cem\u003eMakeshift Seasons\u003c\/em\u003e (2025). Kate was born in 1972 and lives in Wellington.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eCover: Todd Atticus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51171762438455,"sku":"9781776923014","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/9781776923014Leather_Chains.jpg?v=1760328424"},{"product_id":"parliamentary-privilege-in-aotearoa-new-zealand","title":"Parliamentary Privilege in Aotearoa New Zealand","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mebooks.co.nz\/politics-and-social-issues\/parliamentary-privilege-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-ebook\" title=\"Parliamentary Privilege in Aotearoa New Zealand ebook\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/MeBooks_for_product_page_on_web.png?v=1751688470\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"48\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished ahead of the 2026 NZ General Election, this book by Sir Geoffrey Palmer invites public scrutiny of how Parliament wields its powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParliamentary privilege is ‘the oil of the democratic machine’. It can be defined as the special legal powers that allow Parliament to regulate its affairs – and is a curious mix of history, parliamentary practice, law and politics. ‘However, it is also viscous and volatile,’ writes Palmer, ‘and should not be left to sit too long without change.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis incisive book examines how parliamentary privilege operates in New Zealand, and where change is needed. Palmer traces its evolution and shows how reform has lagged behind that of comparable democracies such as Canada.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith his characteristic clarity and frankness, Palmer calls for greater transparency, fairness and consistency in how Parliament exercises its powers. Such changes are essential if we are to protect individual rights and democratic integrity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘This is a work of both scholarship and advocacy. I commend this book not just to those who are already fascinated by Parliament, but to all those who care about living in a well-functioning democracy. That should be all of us.’ —Hon. David Caygill\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRt Hon Sir Geoffrey Palmer KC\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Distinguished Fellow at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, Faculty of Law, and a Global affiliated professor at the University of Iowa, College of Law. In Parliament he held the offices of Attorney-General, Minister of Justice, Leader of the House, Minister for the Environment, Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister. Since leaving politics in 1990 he has been a foundation partner of a law firm, President of the Law Commission, chair of the Legislation Design Committee (2006–2008), New Zealand’s Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission, and chair of the Panel of Inquiry on the 31 May 2010 Flotilla Incident for the United Nations in New York, amongst many other distinguished appointments. His previous book is the bestseller\u003cem\u003e How to Save Democracy in Aotearoa New Zealand \u003c\/em\u003e(2025).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover: Todd Atticus\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51282003067191,"sku":"9781776923168","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/9781776923168ParliamentaryPrivilege.jpg?v=1761876438"},{"product_id":"hungus","title":"Hungus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mebooks.co.nz\/fiction\/poetry\/hungus-ebook?search=Hungus\u0026amp;model=true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/mebooks-logo-for-web.webp?v=1746391636\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"83\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHungus\u003c\/em\u003e is a work of world-building that draws on myth, pop culture, pūrakau and science fiction – and the arrival of a dazzling new voice in New Zealand poetry. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the belly of \u003cem\u003eHungus\u003c\/em\u003e is the Mantis: an amorphous, many-faced being, as fluid and full of history as the moana. 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But as the story proceeds, the grand scheme of things hoves into view: we are born, we crawl and then are carried away, and everything is a-shimmer, even the disappointments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Days for Old\u003c\/em\u003e is a life story in small scenes. Funny, moving, erotic, political and undeniably odd, it turns our most familiar-feeling days into something altogether new. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e‘How does James Brown do it? Every page in this book is my favourite.’ —Bill Manhire \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e‘James Brown is I think the funniest poet in this country. 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Her sister suffered a psychotic break and was hospitalised against her will, her husband’s brother died by violence, and her mother was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eIn time, she was able to write about it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"mi-NZ\"\u003eNight, Ma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"mi-NZ\"\u003e is a book about the net of family which people are held by, but also slip through. About the actual daily work of love; the physical and cognitive work love requires.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eKnox is a beloved storyteller who has given us other worlds; now she invites us into her own. 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Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Spinoff\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMichigan Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePoetry Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. \u003ci\u003eWatching Television in a Love Motel\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: #0481;\" lang=\"mi-NZ\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: #0481;\" lang=\"mi-NZ\"\u003eCover photo (on television): Seonhye, 1983\u003cbr\u003eCover design: Spencer Levine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51610750091575,"sku":"9781776923175","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/9781776923175WatchingTelevisioninaLoveMotel.jpg?v=1775425781"},{"product_id":"have-this-heart","title":"Have this Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mebooks.co.nz\/fiction\/novels-contemporary\/p,1290,have-this-heart,te-herenga-waka-university-press.html?search=have+this+heart\u0026amp;model=true\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/mebooks-logo-for-web.webp?v=1746391636\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"84\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eFrom acclaimed author Lawrence Patchett, \u003cem\u003eHave This Heart \u003c\/em\u003eis a compulsively readable story collection about men who are trying to do better.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eWhether training a rescue dog, starting a bucket chain to put out a raging fire, raising a marquee beside a line of Ferraris, or reporting on a sensitive workplace accident, the men in \u003cem\u003eHave This Heart\u003c\/em\u003e are striving for more. For connection, for humour, for a way back into the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eLawrence Patchett’s stories are about men at work and what happens when your life doesn’t let you hide. These are tightly coiled stories, rich with rough talk and fear-sweat and tenderness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Disarmingly natural on first encounter, these are finely judged stories, packed with interior life and a precise sense of character and setting. Whether the reading is fast or slow, they fix in the mind quickly and tend not to let go of the reader easily, and they reward going back more than once to pick up on the full extent of their craft and storytelling.' —Sam Finnemore, \u003cem\u003eThe Listener\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Ten new stories, every one of them a winner . . . They are stories full of heart . . . They're fantastically compelling.' —Harry Ricketts, \u003cem\u003eRNZ\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Lawrence Patchett\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e‘Patchett lopes easily between reverence and parlour comedy and bushman’s nous. . . The pace is tempered by the forever grind of staying alive.’ —Catherine Woulfe, \u003cem\u003eThe Spinoff \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e‘On the surface, Lawrence’s writing has a rugged, frontier, quality, but underneath, holding it all together, is a delicate web, almost fragile in its nature. There is a rawness on the page that is underscored by a rich emotional intelligence that enables him to capture love and loss.’ —Laurence Fearnley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLawrence Patchett\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Pākehā writer from Ōtautahi Christchurch. His previous books include \u003cem\u003eI Got His Blood on Me: Frontier Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction. His writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eLandfall\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOverland\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Zealand Geographic\u003c\/em\u003e, and in newspapers, and he received the Ursula Bethell Residency and the Todd New Writer’s Bursary. He works as an editor and part-time in the restoration of native forests and wetlands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eCover painting: Euan Macleod, \u003cem\u003e2 at cave exit\u003c\/em\u003e. Reproduced with kind permission.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eCover design: Todd Atticus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51643928412471,"sku":"9781776923045","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/9781776923045HavethisHeart.jpg?v=1769987480"},{"product_id":"lucky-creatures","title":"Lucky Creatures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mebooks.co.nz\/biography\/p,1297,lucky-creatures,mebooks-publishing.html\" title=\"Lucky Creatures ebook\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/mebooks-logo-for-web.webp?v=1746391636\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"66\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eIn his debut essay collection, award-winning Filipino-Kiwi essayist Joseph Trinidad explores the lessons of his grandmother’s chicken farm and his grandfather’s lucky golden fish; the vibrancy of his home country and its rites of passage such as tuli, beauty pageants and national Boy Scout jamborees; the contradictions of Aotearoa, which welcomes his family’s labour but insists they leave their mother tongues at the border; and his own journey of coming out, along with the hard work of actualisation that follows as he and his partner grapple with the desire to have a baby.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eInspired by the creatures of Filipino folktales and migrant touchstones such as FaceTime and 'that one cousin from the States',\u003cem\u003e Lucky Creatures \u003c\/em\u003eseeks to answer the eternal question: 'Was the move worth it?' Each resulting essay is an unforgettable exploration of life as a queer, Brown, transnational hybrid – filled with the warmth, grace and humour of the lucky creatures who can hear the call of home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e'There’s an entirely original voice in these essays that seems to me created out of a tremendous intimacy. Trinidad is making space on the page for the people in the stories he is telling, their languages, their lives, the money they earned and the money they didn’t, the heartbreak and the connections both.' —Alexander Chee, author of \u003cem\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e'Magnificent – the kind of book you can’t help telling everyone about. I was still smiling and laughing long after I put it down.' —Saraid de Silva, author of \u003cem\u003eAmma\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e'An unforgettable book, with a captivating sense of conviction in the strange.' —Rose Lu, author of \u003cem\u003eAll Who Live on Islands\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e'\u003cem\u003eLucky Creatures \u003c\/em\u003eis a vibrant intervention into the literary landscape – a playful and moving collection from one of Aotearoa's most exciting new voices.' —Lana Lopesi, author of \u003cem\u003eBloody Woman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Trinidad \u003c\/strong\u003eis a Filipino writer who lives in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. His work has been featured in \u003cem\u003eLandfall\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNorth \u0026amp; South\u003c\/em\u003e, Te Papa, \u003cem\u003eThe Spinoff\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTurbine\u003c\/em\u003e | \u003cem\u003eKapohau \u003c\/em\u003eand with Migrant Zine Collective. He was the winner of the 2023 Adam Foundation Prize from the International Institute of Modern Letters and the 2023 Asian Ink from Playmarket. His debut essay collection,\u003cem\u003e Lucky Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e, was awarded the inaugural Sarabande Prize in the Essay.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eCover photo: \u003cem\u003eGrace at the party\u003c\/em\u003e, Julie Zhu \u0026amp; Saraid de Silva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eCover design: Todd Atticus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51643937325367,"sku":"9781776923090","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/LuckyCreaturescover_Page_1.jpg?v=1769992016"},{"product_id":"peace-and-quiet","title":"Peace and Quiet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mebooks.co.nz\/fiction\/poetry\/peace-and-quiet-ebook\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/mebooks-logo-for-web.webp?v=1746391636\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"66\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eWhat use is poetry in times of ecological and political turbulence? \u003cem\u003ePeace and Quiet \u003c\/em\u003egrapples with this question, invoking both human voices and the voices — ‘the silt and the slash’ — of the natural world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ePowerful and illuminating, these poems show that peace, gentleness and reflection are a form of resistance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e'Dinah Hawken is the high priestess of pin-drop poetry.' —James Brown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e'Entrancing and mysterious... 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System is curious and anxious – and seems to know about every aspect of life on NOVA, but in some ways knows nothing at all. Kalla is sceptical, smart and increasingly troubled by what can and can’t be measured. Together, System and Kalla circle around questions of democracy, labour, memory, entropy and love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAs it moves between scenes of work, public ritual and speculative reflections on systems theory and time, and as NOVA itself coasts, rotates and persists in its unknowable form, the novel asks disarming questions: what might it mean to have on-demand access to the voice of the world? What would we do with that knowledge? And is it possible for a world to be meaningfully organised at all?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e‘This novel is such a wise, far-reaching, and funny reflection of organised societies and the relationship between humans and machines. What an ambitious, enlightening, and strangely joyful book.’ —Alice Miller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTim Corballis\u003c\/strong\u003e (Pākehā) is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eBelow\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMeasurement\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Fossil Pits\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOur Future Is in the Air \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eR.H.I.\u003c\/em\u003e; and a substantial body of short fiction, essays and art writing. In 2015, he was Writer in Residence at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. He lives in Wellington with his partner and their twin daughters, and teaches in the School of Science in Society at Te Herenga Waka.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eCover design: Todd Atticus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51721670787383,"sku":"9781776923076","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/9781776923076Nova.jpg?v=1772060466"},{"product_id":"against-the-tide-aotearoa-new-zealand-in-world-affairs","title":"Against the Tide: Aotearoa New Zealand in World Affairs","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mebooks.co.nz\/politics-and-social-issues\/against-the-tide-aotearoa-new-zealand-in-world-affairs-ebook?search=against+the+tide\u0026amp;model=true\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/mebooks-logo-for-web.webp?v=1746391636\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"73\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fifth volume in a series, \u003cem\u003eAgainst the Tide \u003c\/em\u003equestions the narrative that we live in a uniquely troubled world, and sets the mid-2020s against the longer arc of New Zealand’s engagement in world affairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough thematic essays spanning two decades, the contributors illuminate what is new and what is long running, and what choices Aotearoa now has as it faces rapid geopolitical, economic, technological and climate shifts. 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She walks through the darkness with others, in awe of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003eTe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003e Kore, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003eTe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003ePō\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003eTe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003e Ao Mārama—a universe of potential being, dark and light. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s9\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003eIn these frank and moving essays, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003eMakereti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003e explores her many intersecting lives as a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003ew\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003ehine \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003eMāori—teacher, daughter, traveller, parent—and a past that is as alive and changeful as the present moment. 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Completely compassionate, utterly necessary.’ —Ingrid Horrocks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s16\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s15\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s15\"\u003eThis book opens up the world—the gritty, hungry, paradoxical world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s15\"\u003eLike the best essayists do, Tina opens her world to us in the most personal of ways, then out and out again so that your view is much \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s15\"\u003emuch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s15\"\u003e bigger than when you began.’ —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s15\"\u003eTusiata\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s15\"\u003e Avia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s16\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s16\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s16\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s20\"\u003eTina \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s20\"\u003eMakereti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003eTe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003eĀtiawa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e, Ngāti Tūwharetoa,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003eNgāti \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003eRangatahi-Matakore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e, Pākehā) is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003eprize-winning writer and teacher of creative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003ewriting at the International Institute of Modern \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003eLetters, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003eTe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e Herenga Waka—Victoria University of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003eWellington. 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She co-edited \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s22\"\u003eBlack\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s22\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s22\"\u003eMarks on the White Page\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e, an anthology that\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003ecelebrates Māori and Pasifika writing, with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003eWiti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003eIhimaera. In 2022, her essay ‘Lumpectomy’ won\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003ethe Landfall Essay Prize, and in 2016 her short\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003estory ‘Black Milk’ won the Commonwealth Writers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003eShort Story Prize for the Pacific Region.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s16\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003eCover image: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003eTā\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003emoko\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003eHinerewa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003e Crofts, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003eHinerewa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003eTā\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003eMoko\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003e Studio, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003eOtautahi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003e; photograph: Ebony Lamb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52509360521527,"sku":"9781776923359","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/9781776923359.jpg?v=1782097661"},{"product_id":"gloria-of-greymouth","title":"Gloria of Greymouth","description":"\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eIn 2020 sculptor and poet Sam Duckor-Jones bought an abandoned church in Greymouth and named her Gloria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eWith yarn-bombed rafters, a costume bazaar, a plush loft, papier-mâché parishioners in the pews and pink neon light bouncing off a rhinestone piano, Gloria has become a celebration of queer creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eIn this record of Gloria’s establishment, Sam wrestles with solitude, religion, intimacy, art and identity. He finds community in fellow artists and friendly locals, and solace in the rhythms of a quiet life. \u003ci\u003eGloria of Greymouth\u003c\/i\u003e is a chronicle of a magnificent transformation, a manifesto for play and pleasure, and the story of an artist’s being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eView sample pages \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/Gloria_sample_pages_SALES.pdf?v=1782178602\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Gloria sample spreads\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Sam\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Bloody fantastic' \u003ci\u003e- broadcasters\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e'Blisteringly good\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e' \u003ci\u003e- bloggers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e'Gorgeous\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e' -\u003ci\u003e bornholdts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'An acute sensitivity to ordinary beauty'- \u003ci\u003eeditors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Relentlessly cheerful'\u003ci\u003e - interviewers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Unafraid' \u003ci\u003e- laureates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'An arrogant prick' -\u003ci\u003e family member\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Hates everything'\u003ci\u003e - family members\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Not actually very tall'\u003ci\u003e - former boyfriend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Duckor-Jones \u003c\/b\u003eis a sculptor and poet. In 2017 he won the Biggs Poetry Prize from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. His first book was \u003ci\u003ePeople from the Pit Stand Up\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), followed by \u003ci\u003eParty Legend\u003c\/i\u003e (2021).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52509383524663,"sku":"9781776923267","price":65.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/9781776923267.jpg?v=1782098716"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/collections\/9781776923021.jpg?v=1770870720","url":"https:\/\/teherengawakapress.co.nz\/collections\/2026.oembed?page=2","provider":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}